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Io
All times are Greenwich Mean Time unless stated otherwise and for Latitude 57 26.2N and Longitude 06 34.9W Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, IV55 8WA.
May 2012
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Titan
| The Planets | |||
| Planet | Image | Constellation | Sky Chart |
| Mercury |  |
1st planet after the Sun at a mean distance of 0.3871 AU. Mercury has no Moons. Best time to see will be on the 01 May just before sunrise looking East in Pisces. | |
| Venus |  |
2nd planet after the Sun at a mean distance of 0.7233 AU. Venus has no Moons. Currently in the constellation of Taurus. Best time to see is 01 May looking West from 21.00 |
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| Mars |  |
4th planet after the Sun at a mean distance of 1.524 AU. Mars has 2 Moons. Currently in the constellation of Leo. Best time to see is 01 May from 22.00 looking South. | |
| Jupiter |  |
5th planet after the Sun at a mean distance of 5.203 AU. Jupiter has 28 Moons. Currently in the constellation of Aries. Best time to observe is the evening of 01 April looking West from 21.00 | Not visible this month. |
| Saturn |  |
6th planet after the Sun at a mean distance of 9.539 AU. Saturn has 30 Moons. Best time to view is 01 May in the constellation of Virgo looking South around midnight. | |
| Uranus |  |
7th planet after the Sun at a mean distance of 19.19 AU. Uranus has 24 Moons. Currently in the constellation of Pisces. Best time to observe is around 18.45 on the 04th March looking West in the evening twilight. |
Not visible this month.
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| Neptune |  |
8th planet after the Sun at a mean distance of 30.06 AU. Neptune has 8 Moons. Currently in the constellation of Aquarius. Best time to observe is the evening of 01st January looking South-Southwest at 18.00 | Not visible this month. |
| Webpage last updated 05 May 2012 |